Here is my problems:1. I am a Ubuntu Newbee with very little knowledge2. I have Ubuntu 9.04 installed and want to upgrade to 9.103. My Video card is not supported in 9.10 until now4. I don't know if I should upgrade to 9.10 first or install ATI driver first5. I don't know any of the terminal commands to install the 9.10 ATI driver

So basically I need step by step instructions including all terminal commands and steps to get a working 9.10, the driver I downloaded is called "ati-driver-installer-10-1-x86.x86_64.run" which I understand is for my 32bit system which is a Dell E510.

hi i have a nvida card but here are some way's of installing your's :way 1If the ATI driver is install and work's in 9:04 then it should work in 9:10 but i would recommend that you use Ubuntu's inbuilt diver-installer find it by going to:1)System then admin 2) find hard-ware divers 3)open it up and it will tell you if it's installed or not ..... or you can go to the soft-ware center and click system and find the ATI diver

or your way

From the the sound's of it you download a script to run this 1)move it to your desktop 2) open up the the terminal and change to the desktop by typing :cd ~/Desktop

3) give it the right to run by typing :sudo chmod +x ati-driver-installer-10-1-x86.x86_64.run

4) run it by typing :sudo ./ati-driver-installer-10-1-x86.x86_64.run

tell me if it's work

r ember that sudo is root and you need to enter your password and if your way does not work try this :http://ubuntugeek.com/forum/index.php/topic,34.0.html as it may need building.

hi i have a nvida card but here are some way's of installing your's :way 1If the ATI driver is install and work's in 9:04 then it should work in 9:10 but i would recommend that you use Ubuntu's inbuilt diver-installer find it by going to:1)System then admin 2) find hard-ware divers 3)open it up and it will tell you if it's installed or not ..... or you can go to the soft-ware center and click system and find the ATI diver

or your way

From the the sound's of it you download a script to run this 1)move it to your desktop 2) open up the the terminal and change to the desktop by typing :cd ~/Desktop

3) give it the right to run by typing :sudo chmod +x ati-driver-installer-10-1-x86.x86_64.run

4) run it by typing :sudo ./ati-driver-installer-10-1-x86.x86_64.run

tell me if it's work

r ember that sudo is root and you need to enter your password and if your way does not work try this :http://ubuntugeek.com/forum/index.php/topic,34.0.html as it may need building.

I am very confused. I tried the first method in Ubuntu 9.04 with no hardware drivers found. I then proceeded to method 2 and it installed. But now that I am installed I do not know if it works, I looked in hardware drivers again and it said none installed. I tried the command aticonfig in terminal and it said no driver found. I updated to 9.10 and everytime I try to install the driver it does everything in terminal and it starts the installer but freezes at the accept screen. It is a driver problem and I am stuck at what to do to get in running. The computer is useless as is. Is there a way to avoid the graphical interface as that is what is causing the freeze I can't even use update manager as it freezes also.

UPDATE: According to Synaptic Package Manager the driver is installed. When I go into terminal and type "aticonfig" I get a error no compatible hardware installed. My card is an ATI X300Gt which is listed as usable with the driver. I know it is a driver problem as I am getting screen garbage all over.

UPDATE 2: I think I have it working, at least it isn't crashing. I have one slight problem. After trying to install three times I have three folders on the desktop that are locked and I need to remove them. How do I unlock these files?

1) make sure you go to system- then admin and software source's - updates,next tick back port's refresh and install any updates first.

2) it's sound as if the config files for the driver on the desktop you could make a folder in your home folder called driver's and change to it when you install .

3) and you can install ubuntu tweak -http://ubuntu-tweak.com/downloads/and add the x-update source's ( its good for lot's of thing's) this means once you've install the diver you will always be up to date !!!

4) if you go system - preference's then appearance try turning on the effect's to test if the diver is fully installed

1) make sure you go to system- then admin and software source's - updates,next tick back port's refresh and install any updates first.

2) it's sound as if the config files for the driver on the desktop you could make a folder in your home folder called driver's and change to it when you install .

3) and you can install ubuntu tweak -http://ubuntu-tweak.com/downloads/and add the x-update source's ( its good for lot's of thing's) this means once you've install the diver you will always be up to date !!!

4) if you go system - preference's then appearance try turning on the effect's to test if the diver is fully installed

hope it helps Joseph

Followed your directions and I then reinstalled the driver, and then rebooted. I went to appearance tab, but couldn't enable effects. I guess either I have the wrong driver or something else is wrong. At least it isn't crashing. I use it mostly for internet and file storage.

hi found what you need for kernel to find your cardgo synaptic and check the Kernel Headers ending with 17/18 are installed .also make sure you have : XFree86-Mesa-libGL• libstdc++• libgcc• XFree86-libs• fontconfig• freetype• zlib• gcc

hi found what you need for kernel to find your cardgo synaptic and check the Kernel Headers ending with 17/18 are installed .also make sure you have : XFree86-Mesa-libGL• libstdc++• libgcc• XFree86-libs• fontconfig• freetype• zlib• gcc

I don't see linux Headers 17/18 only I have installed Kernel 2.6.31-18. Also some of the other files are not listed in Synaptic. I was able to install the driver, but it will not let me configure it. I have tried the commands listed in the second post no luck. I even tried aticonfig and comes up with no compatible device found.